ATS Member and Friend jkrog08

Wow, I really don't know what to say. His threads were always some of the most enlightening, entertaining ones. I did not know him at all, nor did
I ever really interact with him on the ATS forums, but I did enjoy quite a few of his threads.

Rest in peace Justin. Although I never talked to you or met you 24 years old is far too young to pass. You are in my generation as I will soon be 27.
There are so many things that are going to happen in our lifetimes that our parents won't see. I wish the best to you and your family, and I know
that death is not the end, merely it is what we are on this planet.

I am atheist so I hope you have begun a new journey beyond imagination.

I knew your pain and and I knew your joys, I knew what you looked for and I know you found love in your last days. I knew your traumas as a child, and
your traumas as a young adult, I knew your strength in the face of adversity, you overcame more than I could at such a young age. I now know that you
loved life more than you did not.

I remember all you achieved in your short but 'required' (lol) years with nothing but pride. If I could share all you have overcome and how strong
you had become I would.

I know you wish you were still here posting on ATS, and you are probably wandering why this wasn't posted under you profile so you could get the
flags and points

We will find those little Grey men with your help now I hope

and I hope there was a big 9ft Grey greeting you at the pearly gates with open arms.
Otherwise I would be asking for my money back.

I will always remember how you lived, not how you died.

I miss you and I am so so sorry.
You are loved.
Zazz

PS no I haven't read the Agatha Christie Book, your last Skype message I didn't get to answer.
PPS I dont think I can ever listen to our podcasts again! But you were the best teacher for an introduction to UFOology I could have gotten!

"And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
"

Justin was a pleasure to work and converse with. His enthusiasm and passion were a joy to be around. He was a friend to many here. There are no
boarders to his friends. They came from ALL of the spectrum here. That's the type of guy he was. ATS is lessened today but we were fortunate to be
able to get to know this fine young man. And it wasn't hard to get to know him. That also is the type of guy he was. For that we should be grateful.

I want to thank every single one of you for being here for me, and for honoring Justin so much. I know it is my life goal now to get his story out
there and to do my best to make sure something this never happens again.

Justin told me he wanted to build the first craft to fly faster than the speed of light. He said most people thought it was probably ridiculous but I
knew everyone on here would think different. We all know how smart he was and we all know what he was capable of.

To Internos, he looked up to you so much. He said out of everyone he had the most respect for you.

Justin reached out to me in my time of need and the sparks just flew. We never went more than an hour without calling eachother. I recall hearing the
lyrics to a song that explained it perfectly; "Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone, your whole life waiting on the ring to prove
your not alone."

I have to live with this for the rest of my life. I have to unpack my bags and start over. It feels like this emptiness in my stomach and heart will
never go away.

But one thing Justin said to me really stuck with me. He said "You cant sit around and wait for life to happen. You have to get up and do it
yourself. Nobody is going to do it for you. You cant let the fear stop you from enjoying life and making a life for yourself."

If anyone wants to talk im always on here and would love to talk to anyone, and if anyone would like to call just u2u me and ill give my number.

I love how much ATS is pulling together from this. We truly are a family.

We didn't "start with the right foot", and the first words exchanged were mostly in disagreement, but Justin soon understood that even if we
disagreed in some things, that was not a strong enough reason for not being friends, so things progressively changed until I considered him one of my
best ATS friends.

His work on ATS, both as a member, with his great threads, backed-up by thorough research, and as a FSME will live forever in this electronic world in
which nobody dies because nobody was born here; we just enter it and remain forever, as in the minds and hearts of those that love(d) us.

Being a sceptic, I don't know if there is an after-live, but if there is I hope to see you there, we will have much to talk about.

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